Saddam Hussein Executed

[Isabella]

He is gone now.

[rhertz]

Chronicle of the atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein:

Hussein's regime killed, tortured, raped and terrorized the Iraqi people and its neighbors for over two decades.

Saddam had approximately 40 of his own relatives murdered.

1983-1988: Documented chemical attacks by Iraqi regime caused some 30,000 Iraqi and Iranian deaths.
1988: Chemical attack on Kurdish village of Halabja killed approximately 5,000 people.
1987-1988: Iraqi regime used chemical agents in attacks against at least 40 Kurdish villages.
1990-91: 1,000 Kuwaitis were killed in Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
1991: Bloody suppression of Kurdish and Shi'a uprisings in northern and southern Iraq killed at least 30,000 to 60,000. At least 2,000 Kurdish villages were destroyed during the campaign of terror.
1993: FBI reports Iraqi government was involved in a plot to assassinate former President George Bush during his April 14-16, 1993, visit to Kuwait.
2001: Amnesty International report: "Victims of torture in Iraq are subjected to a wide range of forms of torture, including the gouging out of eyes, severe beatings and electric shocks... some victims have died as a result and many have been left with permanent physical and psychological damage."

[SQUID]

Originally Posted by Isabella

He is gone now.

HELLO SWEET

[LateNight]

So he's gone.. which leaves one question left.. Why the heck couldn't he have just killed himself during the first gulf war ? Or why the heck someone in his country didn't just do him in. Imagine all the money and lives that could have been saved. The bastard.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by LateNight

Or why the heck someone in his country didn't just do him in. Imagine all the money and lives that could have been saved. The bastard.

They did try. After we chased him out of Kuwait, there was an uprising that failed and he retailiated once again on his own people. The question is where were we during that time? We lost quite a bit of credibility with Iraqi's at that moment. But if you point is that we should have taken care of business during the first conflict, yes then I agree.

[Al Swearengen]

He got off light...so did his sons. They shouldve taken the two sons alive and fed them into a plastic shredder...or to a big cat. A good punishment for daddy mightve been gassing.

[Isaac-Saxxon]

I would agree. I think the idea of throwing him to the lions would be a good one and I do not think he had the resolve that Daniel had nor the back up plan. Wow what a way to see 06 close out with Saddam looking up that rope ! Welcome to 07 may it be our best year yet.
Isaac

Edit : for all of you that are against the death penalty but think in this case it was ok or a good thing then I say you are riding the fence. Look around America at the victims in stead of the poor criminals that took a life or raped someone. The murders and rapist get all the press and poor me baby because they got that jail house religion. We have a system that gives them way to much time and we the tax payer pay to keep them alive when they should be dispatched to God and let Him be the judge.
Saxxon

[AnimeSpirit]

I'm with Ron White on that issue, Isaac. They shouldn't sit on death row for 15 years and eat up our tax money that is taking care of them. Just do what they with Saddam. Give him 30 days! If your crime was serious enough that you get the death penalty, then I'd be willing to support you long enough to nervously aticipate your death within a month's time but no longer.

On this topic, though, good riddance to Saddam. Now if only we could catch that @$$#0!3, Bin Laden.

[Snow Man]

Maybe they will all get on that same map which is the road map to peace ? I thought it to be funny that Saddam blasted the Persians as he was about to die ? Water runs and blood clots. Arabs and Persians are not of the same stock ! Well it is over and I am glad. Ever wonder when the Jones move out just who might move in ? I am sure someone evil will make a run for the spot.
Snow Man